Yes, I think I am having a reading problem here then.
A misunderstanding of what I am reading because of this symbol "/".
Going back to that original quote that piqued all my thinking:
RRM wrote:Aytundra wrote:Is that the LNA you are referring to, "18:2 (n-6)" ?
Im sorry, i should have been more specific.
18:2 (N-6) is linoleic acid (LA).
LNA may be the abbreviation of the linole
nic acids; alpha (18:3 N-3), gamma (18:3 N-6), or both (18:3 undifferentiated)
I was specifically referring to α-Linolenic acid (LNA / ALNA).
Total fat in seeds such as flaxseed and chia seeds consists of more than 50% ALNA / LNA, which is too much.
a) True OR False | 18:2 (N-6) = linoleic acid (LA).
b) True OR False | 18:3 (N-3) = alpha linolenic acid (ALNA)
c) True OR False | 18:3 (N-6) = gamma linolenic acid (GLNA)
d) True OR False | 18:3 (N-3) AND-OR 18:3 (N-6) = 18:3 = 18:03 [Nutrition data website] = 18:3 undifferentiated [USDA SR-28] = undifferentiated linolenic acid (LNA) containing unspecified amounts of alpha linolenic acid (ALNA) and gamma linolenic acid (GLNA).
RRM wrote:I was specifically referring to α-Linolenic acid (LNA / ALNA).
Is that "
/" a "OR" sign or a "divide" sign?
To make matters more complicated I could have read:
ALNA multiplied by open brackets LNA divided by ALNA closed brackets.
I ignored that sentence 2 weeks ago because I did not understand it.
I looked at the next sentence:
RRM wrote:Total fat in seeds such as flaxseed and chia seeds consists of more than 50% ALNA / LNA, which is too much.
Flaxseed and chia seeds consist of more than 50% ALNA
over LNA.
Flaxseed and chia seeds consist of more than 50% ALNA
over TotalALNA+GLA
I became curious, I wikipedia searched GLA, I read that GLA reduces inflammation, GLA from evening primerose oil reduces pain. I remember my mom taking GLA a long time ago. That is interesting. I am thinking ALNA is bad, GLA is good, at that point in my wikipedia search.
Then I searched salmon and avocado, hmm the ratios in those foods are that ALNA is higher than GLA. Is the ALNA the bad PUFA, as there are good PUFA like EPA, DHA?
Then, Kasper posted the chart on Omega 3 and 6.
That chart is interesting GLA converts to DGLA and then makes those anti-inflammatory molecules.